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If you're afraid of needles, here's some good news: you may not always be stuck with getting shots. At present, injections are the best way to deliver certain kinds of drugs. For example, vaccines and drugs like insulin ...

Anacor released a report saying its atopic dermatitis medication crisaborole is effective, putting the company a step closer towards making the drug available in the market.

Studies show that breast cancer is most commonly prevalent among elderly women. According to studies, most of these patients are not aware of the disease's signs and symptoms, aside from a lump.

Telemedicine is convenient and affordable so it's not surprising that the industry is starting to grow. To truly thrive though, the industry must garner the support of an important entity.

Madeline McElroy is one of the over 150 kids chosen by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to participate in the Children's Congress where young type 1 diabetes patients meet with lawmakers.

Experts have found that previous studies recommending fish oil supplements do not present reliable evidence to prove their claims.

Most American adults do not consume enough fruits and vegetables, a CDC study has found. Researchers said better dietary practices during childhoold may improve odds of having good eating habits later in life.

Hundreds of Salmonella infections have been reported by 40 states in the US. The CDC says it is very important to avoid contact with live poultry to keep the outbreak from continually spreading.

Reports have been circulating online regarding Oregon's move to allow 15-Year-Olds to have sex reassignment surgery even without the consent of their parents. However, loopholes have been detected in the said reports, le...

Nothing can ever beat a heart that truly loves. This is the case of a man diagnosed with terminal cancer as he and her girlfriend exchanged wedding vows right inside his hospital bed on Thursday, July 9.

There are numerous negative effects associated with secondhand smoke. A new study has once again discovered a reason why nonsmokers should refrain from being exposed.

(Indiana University) The best-known genetic variant linked to Alzheimer's disease may be 'at work' promoting deposits of plaque in the brain long before any symptoms of the disease can be measured on tests.

(Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University) Postmenopausal women with kidney or bladder stones are not at increased risk for osteoporosis, but they do have about a 15 percent increased risk of another pain...

(Human Factors and Ergonomics Society) Recent research has warned of the health detriments associated with sitting for long stretches of time at the office, but what about the nearly half of all employees worldwide who a...

(Uppsala University) It is known that sleep facilitates the formation of long-term memory in humans. In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, now show that sleep does not only help form long-term memo...

(Elsevier) Male black widow spiders destroy large sections of the female's web during courtship and wrap it up in their own silk. New research published in Animal Behaviour shows that this home-wrecking behavior deters r...

(University of Guam) Several years of research at the University of Guam have confirmed that fadang trees rely on both insects and wind for pollination.

(Florida Atlantic University) When a spouse is cognitively impaired, marital communication is impaired. As Alzheimer's disease progresses, language problems increase in frequency -- such as searching for the right word o...

(University of Montreal) Canadian and British researchers have discovered that chromosomes play an active role in animal cell division. This occurs at a precise stage -- cytokinesis -- when the cell splits into two new d...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Korean researchers have described a novel control system to regulate the expression of a therapeutic transgene by targeting the passenger strand of a microRNA (miR-122) l...

(University of Michigan Health System) Few people today would dare call President Richard Nixon a radical liberal. But 44 years ago, he proposed a health plan that went far beyond what today's Affordable Care Act include...

(Tufts Medical Center) A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that genetic test results, as revealed by non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal chromosome abnormalities, may dete...